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Ashley Eneriz •

Student loan debt keeps rising, and according to the latest findings, the total of all student loan debt in the United States is $1.52 trillion. Meanwhile. the average amount of debt for a student who left college in 2016 is a staggering $37,172. This figure doesn’t even look at the student loans parents took out to help

Alicia Adamczyk •

I won’t pretend paying off student loans is a positive financial experience, but there is a tiny bit of good news for borrowers: If you pay your bill on time every month, you’ll see a steady increase in your credit score. As you’re well aware, you’ll be paying your student loans for a long time,

Geoff Williams •

Your kid isn’t the only one studying. If you’re searching for grants and scholarship money and researching federal subsidized and unsubsidized loans, you probably feel as if you’re boning up for the hardest, most complicated test you’ve ever come up against. And then somewhere, in the midst of all of this, you’ve probably found a

Drew Housman •

The most surprising part about paying off my student loan has been the mental anguish it causes. I get sad thinking about how much money I owe — like, actually sad. If I ever find myself staring at a wall with a blank look on my face and my mouth slightly agape, zoning out, it’s

Matt Killorin •

Graduating from college takes determination, hard work, and fortitude — but so does paying for your education. Picking the right student loan repayment option is so hard because you often enter into the process before you have a real idea of what your future will hold. And while you can change the terms of your

When it comes to student loan debt, there are myriad ways to pay it down and pay it off. You can go about it the old-fashioned way, choosing the standard 10-year repayment plan. Conversely, you can extend or reconfigure your repayment so it stretches out much longer – even up to 25 years – to